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Robert McColley: “Ohio has way more political subdivisions than most states.”

Featuring: Robert McColley, Republican | Ohio State Senate, District 1

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Published January 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:05

… concerns the local tax burden and the pancaking of various taxes on taxpayers at the local level. That's where we begin to slip in our competitiveness relative to other states. Ohio has way more political subdivisions than most states. And I think even insofar as even school districts, we have way more school districts than most states around us. (18:05–18:11)

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